Pure Comedy

by Father John Misty

Pure Comedy cover art

Josh Tillman delivers a sprawling, deeply cynical 74-minute opus dissecting the absurdities of modern human civilization. The record is driven by heavily orchestrated piano ballads and biting, hyper-literate critiques of religion, politics, technology, and the entertainment industry. While polarizing for its overwhelming grandiosity, it won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package.

Genres

  • Singer-Songwriter
  • Piano Rock
  • Chamber Pop

Tracklist

  1. Pure Comedy
  2. Total Entertainment Forever
  3. Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
  4. Ballad of the Dying Man
  5. Birdie
  6. Leaving LA
  7. A Bigger Paper Bag
  8. When the God of Love Returns There'll Be Hell to Pay
  9. Smoochie
  10. Two Wildly Different Perspectives
  11. The Memo
  12. So I'm Growing Old on Magic Mountain
  13. In Twenty Years or So